diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
index 1783e7c05..fb8b19b69 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 -define(EMQX_RELEASE_CE, "5.0.21").
 
 %% Enterprise edition
--define(EMQX_RELEASE_EE, "5.0.2-alpha.2").
+-define(EMQX_RELEASE_EE, "5.0.2-rc.1").
 
 %% the HTTP API version
 -define(EMQX_API_VERSION, "5.0").